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The Moon on Monday, March 9, 1931: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on March 9, 1931Waning Gibbous

Monday 9 March 1931376,989 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 9, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.1% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
376,989 km234,250 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1931 is on Wednesday, March 4, 1931 at 10:36 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 19, 1931 at 07:51 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, March 4, 193110:36
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 11, 193105:15

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Monday, March 9, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 17, 1931 to the new moon of March 19, 1931, a cycle of 29.78 days.